Don't wait until 2020...

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In this SOLGM News, there are a couple of big deadlines you won’t want to miss or you’ll be waiting until 2020 for the opportunity to come around again!

Awards, Exchanges and Scholarships entries and applications close 8 February

Management Challenge registrations close 28 February

LG Accelerated Leadership Programme – Wellington/Wairarapa – 12 February

PA Forum - 14 & 15 March - early bird pricing finishes 15 February

Matt Kiel – Emerging Leader Award

Matt Kiel talks about his experience as our 2018 Brookfields Emerging Leader of the Year. Have you got what it takes to be the next Emerging Leader? Nominations close on 8 Feb. Find out more at solgm.org.nz/Awards2019

Awards, Exchanges and Scholarships – closing soon!

Time is running out, have you got your application in for our 2019 awards, scholarships and exchanges? Entries and applications close 8 February at 5pm. Find out more here: solgm.org.nz/Awards2019

Entries closing soon – don’t wait until 2020! There is still time to enter the 2019 Management Challenge…

Each year approximately 100 councils from Australia and New Zealand enter a team (106 have entered so far for 2019) in the Australasian Management Challenge. State, NZ and Territory region winners go on to compete against the “best of the best” in an international final (this year to be held in Darwin) for the coveted title of Australasian Management Challenge Winner.

Councils that participate in the Management Challenge give their staff the opportunity to build their skills, forge new relationships, network with their peers and create high-performing, cross-organisational teams.

The very relevant, real-world based Pre-Challenge task and Challenge-Day tasks will test your team, put them out of their comfort zone and will help them develop and grow.

If you need help in preparing your internal business case to enter a team, you’ll find a handy sample business case on the Management Challenge website.

There’s still time to enter this year’s Management Challenge – don’t wait until 2020, register your team now (registrations close 28 February).

Click here to hear from 2018 participants about what you can expect on the day!

LG Accelerated Leadership Programme Registrations for LG Accelerated Leadership Programme are closing soon:

Wellington/Wairarapa Region – 12 February

Manawatu – 6 March

Still need convincing to get your registration in for Accelerated Leaders? Check out some of the feedback from our 2018 programme:

Based on feedback results received throughout 2018, participants have rated their knowledge of leadership has increased by 40% since completing the programme, their leadership application has increased by 43% and their confidence as a leader has increased by 40% since completing the programme.

We are getting comments like:

Thoroughly enjoyed the programme and am excited about the tools now in my toolbelt for leading my team now and in the future
Was beneficial meeting and getting to know colleagues from other councils. Also enjoyed listening to thoughts from local CE’s.
Megan was a great facilitator – knew her stuff. Excellent communicator, kept great momentum.
Really well presented and has made me reflect and change my leader/follower behaviour

2019 President’s Award for Distinguished Contribution

Congratulations to Tony Quirk who received the 2019 President’s Award for Distinguished Contribution. SOLGM President Phil Wilson presented this award as part of his session on Friday 25^th January at the Marlborough Colloquium. Tony has worked at Marlborough District Council or its predecessors for more than 40 years, and for most of that time in the role of District Secretary. For the past 30 years Tony has almost single-handedly organised the biennial Marlborough Colloquium – this one being the 15^th! The programmes are always excellent and the social events outstanding. Voluntarily developing training for fellow SOLGM members in such a sustained way is truly distinguished.

Don’t miss hearing from Lisa King of Eat My Lunch at the PA Forum!

Social entrepreneur Lisa King is on a mission to ensure no child goes to school hungry, starting in our own backyard.

Lisa is the founder of Eat My Lunch, one of NZ’s most successful social enterprises. Lisa was named the Women of Influence in 2016 for Business and in 2017 for Community and recently spoke at TedX Auckland. At the Professional Administrators Forum on 14 - 15 March Lisa King will talk about juggling multiple demands. Don't miss out! Register here.

Taking the Pain out of Pre-election Reports Webinar – 13 February

2019 is an election year (just in case you didn’t get the memo), and with election year comes the triennial responsibility to prepare a pre-election report.

This webinar, scheduled by popular demand, covers the contents and processes involved in preparing a pre-election report.

We focus on the aspects that we’ve seen in some of the better reports, and why bare legal compliance won’t get the job done. We’ll also add in a mention of something extra were working on that you might find worth including in the pre-election report. Register here

Upskill for 2019 with this inspiring event

Emotional Agility Workshop – with Dr Paul Wood

19 FEBRUARY: Wellington - register now

21 FEBRUARY: Christchurch - register now

About Workshop

You will leave this workshop with practical insights and tools to enable you to more deliberately and effectively understand and manage your own and others’ emotions. This will improve your;

• leadership capability,

• relationships,

• increase your influence,

• allow you to proactively build and maintain the mental toughness and resilience required for peak performance, and

• detect when someone is becoming negatively impacted by stress, and diagnose and avoid the most common cause of personality clash and conflict.

Cost: $595.00 + gst Members: 10% discount

FACILITATOR: DR PAUL WOOD

This workshop is facilitated by Dr Paul Wood. Paul is a high-energy and engaging facilitator who works with everyone from the Treasury to the Hurricanes. He is a regular contributor in the media and his TEDx presentation on his personal journey from delinquent to doctor of psychology has received more than 300,000 views on YouTube and was named one of the Top 10 TED talks by the New Zealand Herald. Paul specialises in assisting individuals and organisations reach and maintain peak performance and well-being.

Find out more about Dr Paul Wood here.

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